Sheamus Bio

Sheamus Bio

Name                        :                    Stephen Farrelly

Ring Name               :                   Sheamus

Birth Date                 :                  28 Jan 1978

Birth Place                :                  Dublin, Ireland

 Mini Bio

Stephen Farrelly (Irish: Stíofán Ó Fearghaile; conceived 28 January 1978) is an Irish expert wrestler and on-screen character. He is marked to the American expert wrestling advancement WWE, where he performs under the ring name Sheamus  abbreviated from his past ring name Sheamus O'Shaunessy. He as of now shows up on the Raw brand.

Preceding joining WWE, Farrelly wrestled on the European circuit and was a two-time International Heavyweight Champion amid his residency in Irish Whip Wrestling (IWW).

Subsequent to turning out to be a piece of the WWE principle program in 2009, he would go ahead to be a four-time best on the planet in WWE, having held the WWE (World) Championship three times and the World Heavyweight Championship once. He is likewise a two-time United States Champion. Notwithstanding these titles, he has won the 2010 King of the Ring competition, the 2012 Royal Rumble match and the 2015 Money in the Bank stepping stool match, making him just the second wrestler (after Edge) to accomplish every one of the three achievements.

Full Bio

Early life

Farrelly was conceived in Cabra, Dublin, Ireland and was brought up in the city. He talks familiar Irish, having gone to Scoil Caoimhin Primary and Coláiste Mhuire Secondary School, a Gaelscoil. During his school years, he sang in the Palestrina Choir until the age of 13; amid this time, he showed up on the Late Show and Live at Three. He played Gaelic football for the Erin's Isle group where once he was announced games star of the month. He additionally played rugby for the National College of Ireland, where he picked up a National Diploma. He has been a devotee of Premier League football club Liverpool F.C. since adolescence furthermore bolsters both rugby union clubs London Irish and Leinster and rugby alliance club the New Zealand Warriors. He is a previous IT technician, furthermore acted as security for a dance club, which prompted him to incidentally filling in as a bodyguard for Bono and Larry Mullen, Jr. of U2, and additionally Denise van Outen.

Preparing and character advancement

Farrelly's motivation into an expert wrestling vocation originated from viewing both British wrestling from ITV's World of Sport and American wrestling from the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) on Sky One. On the guidance of Bret Hart, Farrelly started preparing in Larry Sharpe's Monster Factory wrestling school in April 2002, nearby Tank Toland, Cliff Compton, and Cindy Rogers. Six weeks after the fact he authoritatively appeared as a fan most loved under the name Sheamus O'Shaunessy against Robert Pigeon. It was amid this time he built up the epithet the "Irish Curse" after low-blowing an opponent. He soon endured a genuine neck damage in the wake of messing up a hip toss which diverted profession for two years.

Farrelly soon built up his wrestling character by drawing on Celtic mythology. Needing to move far from restricting Irish generalizations of rabbit's feet, leprechauns, and liquor abuse, he rather needed to depict an Irish warrior. Going to a Gaelscoil, Farelly grew up mindful of the four cycles of Irish mythology and, motivated by the fine art of Jim Fitzpatrick, fused the sword and hatchet using symbolism into his gimmick. This incorporated the configuration of his own pendant, the crossos, which joins the Celtic cross with a Celtic War sword to outline his character's "indigenous beginnings with a half and half of warrior quality coordinated with a solid moral centre".

Irish Whip Wrestling

In May 2004, as yet utilizing the ring name Sheamus O'Shaunessy, Farrelly came back to wrestling at the recently opened Irish Whip Wrestling (IWW) school in Dublin. He then made his introduction match for the advancement at their Mount Temple show on 9 July against Mark Burns, where he selected a simple win. He went ahead to win a fight illustrious the next month.

O'Shaunessy spent whatever remains of the year occupied with a contention with Vid Vain in the wake of losing to his label group accomplice Joey Cabray that night he won the fight illustrious. On 22 and 23 October they exchanged wins, prompting O'Shaunessy enlisting assistance from CJ Summers to vanquish the label group on 24 October. O'Shaunessy was still unsuccessful to overcome Vain in singles activity the accompanying day. Despite these misfortunes, his amazing showings earned him a spot against Alex Shane in a visitor match for the Frontier Wrestling Alliance (FWA) British Heavyweight Championship. Although he put on a capable display and approached win, his companion Red Vinny meddled in the match and cost him the championship.

In March 2005, he retaliated for this misfortune by collaborating with Raven to vanquish Shane and Vinny. This triumph was a piece of a triumphant streak over the end of March where O'Shaunessy wrestled twice every day on 24, 25, 26 – including a 11-man Rumble win – and 27 March with a standard label match and a ten-man label group match. This arrangement of triumphs, beside one misfortune by exclusion to Vain, put him to a decent frame for the one-day competition held in County Kildare to crown the inaugural IWW International Heavyweight Champion. On 28 March, O'Shaunessy put a conclusion to his principle contentions when he vanquished Vinny and after that Vain in the quarter and semi finals, respectively. He met Darren Burridge in the last match and won to end up IWW's first champion, yet needed to contend again in a night show in Dublin, crushing Burridge and Vinny yet again in a label match close by Vain.

O'Shaunessy's first fruitful title protection came against Burridge the accompanying month yet Burridge would not give his resentment a chance to rest, keeping on assaulting O'Shaunessy lastly costing him the title amid a match against D'Lo Brown on 29 May. O'Shaunessy earned retribution in July by crushing Burridge in resentment match, however lost to him in an arm wrestling challenge the accompanying day. Still, he proceeded on his journey to recover the title by winning a contendership three route match against Vinny and Red Viper in August setting him up to recapture the International Heavyweight Championship in October from Brown in Newcastle upon Tyne in England.

In the wake of guarding his title against Vampiro and Viper, O'Shaunessy got himself entangled in another fight with rising Scottish wrestling star "Thee" Drew Galloway, whom he later conceded was his hardest opponent. On 28 January 2006, he got his first title match, advancing their competition from past non-title contests. The contention rapidly went up against a devoted flavor, with Galloway's blue shades of Scotland conflicting O'Shaunnesy's green shades of Ireland, reflecting the Old Firm football derby amongst Rangers and Celtic, respectively. This football implication turned out to be especially noticeable when the two met again at Verona Football Club again for the title, however the match changed into a Lumberjack match, the outcome and champion remained the same.

With Galloway vanquished, O'Shaunessy kept on commanding by again protecting his title against Vampiro on 17 March. Galloway earned himself a two out of three falls match against the champion the next day, in any case, which O'Shaunessy won two tumbles to one; the following day delivered the same result in a match O'Shaunessy asserted was his best on the free circuit. With Galloway quickly replied, O'Shaunessy went up against the newcomer Pierre Marcaeu and crushed him in two progressive title coordinates just to discover Galloway had earned another shot. With their competition increasing, Galloway's next test to O'Shaunnesy was given the stipulation of a Last Man Standing match. O'Shaunessy held the title, as he likewise did in June with the same stipulation. Finally, on 28 August, O'Shaunessy lost the IWW International Heavyweight Championship in a singles match to Galloway in what might be his last appearance with the promotion.

English advancements

And in addition wrestling in Ireland, O'Shaunessy infrequently ventured out to Great Britain to show up on the British autonomous circuit. In April 2006 he was brought into Wales' Celtic Wrestling advancement as a contender for their top title however was vanquished by the champion, Chris Recall. Later that year in November, he was utilized by London's LDN Wrestling to show up on their Capital TV show where, after rapidly overcoming William Hill, he picked up a LDN Championship match against Tex Benedict which finished with Benedict winning by exclusion and O'Shaunessy assaulting him after the match.

Amid his time abroad he worked for Brian Dixon's All Star Wrestling, which gave him an essence of substantial groups of onlookers that he had not experienced in Ireland, and also wrestling English veteran Robbie Brookside and other British wrestling lights, including Nigel McGuinness and Doug Williams. He likewise spoke to the UK in a Battle of the Nations label group match between the UK and Austria close by Drew McDonald and The Celtic Warrior in a losing exertion against Chris Raaber, Michael Kovac, and Robert Ray Kreuzer at the European Wrestling Association's Night of Gladiators.

And in addition showing up in light of his developing notoriety, O'Shaunessy additionally conveyed with him to Britain his long-standing contention with Galloway. He had as of now wrestled in Galloway's home advancement, British Championship Wrestling (BCW), twice in 2005, losing to Jay Phoenix on the day preceding Phoenix lost to Galloway in March, and returning in September to thrashing one of BCW's top stars, Wolfgang, by means of countout. amidst their IWW fight the next year, O'Shaunessy retreated to Scotland to partake in BCW's Path To Glory visit, crushing Galloway on the main night yet yielding a misfortune to him the following night in May. Though their quarrel completed in Ireland in August 2006, it proceeded over the Irish Sea when the two wrestled for the umbrella advancement Real Quality Wrestling (RQW) the next year. The two initially met amid April's Taking On The World show which finished in a twofold countout. The absence of a choice prompted a rematch in June, and one of O'Shaunessy's keep going on the autonomous circuit, where Galloway grabbed the triumph in a No Holds Barred match in front of a RQW Heavyweight Championship match.

World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE

Early appearances

On 13 November 2006, O'Shaunessy and English wrestler Stu Sanders showed up on the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) show Raw at the Manchester Evening News Arena as a major aspect of the security group shooting D-Generation X from ringside, just for O'Shaunessy to later get a Pedigree from Triple H. The next day, he and Galloway had a tryout match against each other. The next year in April, he got another arrangement of tryout matches in Milan and London against Galloway, and also Sanders, WWE ability Jimmy Wang Yang, and Monster Factory former student Domino. This prompted an offer and marking of a formative contract with WWE, and soon thereafter he migrated to the United States.

Florida Championship Wrestling

O'Shaunessy appeared for the WWE formative region Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) on 2 October in a twofold introduction match with a win over Bryan Kelly. While wrestling routinely, he was not part of any long fights but rather wrestled with various transient label groups close by Hade Vansen and Jake Hager before cooperating with Kafu (and oversaw by Dave Taylor) in the competition to crown the inaugural FCW Florida Tag Team Champions. They progressed past the first round in the wake of overcoming The British Lions ("Thee Superstar" Christopher Gray and "The Rascal" Tommy Taylor), yet lost to Brad Allen and Nick Nemeth in the second round.

By September, O'Shaunessy had centered his consideration on singles rivalry and wrestled his way to the highest point of the card, effectively crushing previous accomplice Hager for the Florida Heavyweight Championship. He safeguarded the title against Hager on 23 October and went up against various contenders, with Eric Escobar and Joe Hennig reliably gaining themselves into dispute. In the long run, on 11 December, O'Shaunessy lost the title to Escobar in a four-manner coordinate additionally including Hennig and Drew McIntyre (once in the past Drew Galloway).

O'Shaunessy burned through 2009 keeping on pursuing gold, gaining two shots in January and February at the Florida Tag Team Champions Johnny Curtis and Tyler Reks, however he and Ryback were unsuccessful in both endeavors. In March he tested the two for the titles once more, this time with McIntyre as his accomplice, yet couldn't overcome them, nor might he be able to vanquish McIntyre for the Florida Heavyweight Championship the next month. He got a progression of chances all through whatever remains of the year, yet couldn't win any more titles before being rung to WWE television, unsuccessfully difficult Justin Angel for the Florida Heavyweight Championship in November.

On 22 July 2008, O'Shaunessy worked a dim match at a SmackDown taping, losing to R-Truth. The next year in May, O'Shaunessy started showing up at the Raw brand's home appears, and on both 8 and 9 May he vanquished Jamie Noble alongside another dull match triumph over Noble before a scene of Raw.

WWE Champion (2009–2010)

On the 30 June 2009 scene of ECW, Farrelly made his unannounced presentation as a reprobate under the abbreviated ring name of Sheamus, rapidly vanquishing a neighborhood competitor. Sheamus soon went into a basically well-received contention with Goldust in the wake of overcoming him on 29 July. After trading triumphs in the accompanying weeks they contended in a No Disqualification match on 1 September which was won by Sheamus. Sheamus then started a quarrel with Shelton Benjamin which was superstar into a choosing match on 27 October which Sheamus won.

His contention with Benjamin finished rashly when Sheamus was moved to the Raw brand. He made his Raw introduction by overcoming Jamie Noble on 26 October. In the next weeks, he kept on assaulting Noble making him retire, and, in lieu of rivalry, ambushed the timekeeper and observer Jerry Lawler on 16 November. The next week Sheamus showed up on his first WWE pay-per-view occasion, Survivor Series, when he was a piece of The Miz's group in a customary five-on-five end label group match. He disposed of kindred Irishman Finlay and made the last pinfall to take out the restricting skipper John Morrison and make due alongside The Miz and long-lasting previous adversary Drew McIntyre.

The next night on Raw, Sheamus won a "leap forward" fight regal for wrestlers who had never won a big showdown, to end up the main contender to John Cena's WWE Championship. At the agreement marking promptly a while later, Sheamus put Cena through the table, and the Raw visitor host, Jesse Ventura, declared it would be a Tables match. On 13 December at TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs pay-per-view, Sheamus crushed Cena to win the WWE Championship, his first title in WWE, making him the primary Irish-conceived WWE Champion. He additionally caught the real title in only 166 days since his WWE debut, making it the third most brief time to catch a title since his WWE/ECW debut. The next night on Raw, Sheamus was granted the 2009 Breakout Superstar of the Year Slammy Award. On 31 January 2010 at the Royal Rumble, Sheamus vanquished Randy Orton by preclusion to hold the WWE Championship, taking after impedance from Orton's partner Cody Rhodes. On 21 February, Sheamus lost the WWE Championship at the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view in the Elimination Chamber match after he was disposed of by Triple H. During the match, Sheamus endured a blackout and subsequently did not go to Raw the accompanying night. Upon his arrival, he assaulted Triple H in reprisal, setting up a match at WrestleMania XXVI, where Sheamus lost. The next month at Extreme Rules, Sheamus assaulted Triple H toward the start of the appear and later crushed him in a Street Fight. After a progression of kicks to the head to win, he proceeded with his attack after the match completed the process of bringing about Triple H being composed off TV for ten months.

On 20 June at Fatal 4-Way pay-per-view, Sheamus won a lethal four-way coordinate, after impedance from The Nexus that permitted him to stick John Cena, winning the WWE Championship for the second time and being named the one-hundredth WWE Champion in history. He crushed Cena in a steel confine match to hold the title on 18 July at the Money in the Bank pay-per-view, held the title Randy Orton on 15 August at SummerSlam by disqualification. On 19 September at Night of Champions, Sheamus lost the WWE Championship to Randy Orton in a six-pack end challenge, which additionally included Chris Jericho, Edge, John Cena, and Wade Barrett. Sheamus got his rematch for the title on 3 October at Hell in a Cell, however was again vanquished by Orton in a Hell in a Cell match.

Title rules

He bobbed back on 29 November, with wins over Kofi Kingston and John Morrison to wind up King of the Ring, in the wake of getting a bye during that time round. As "Lord Sheamus", he confronted Morrison again at the TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs pay-per-view for a future WWE Championship match, however lost in a stepping stool match. Going into 2011, he kept on losing to Morrison in a blend of singles and label group matches. Triple H returned on 28 February and rendered retribution for his scripted ten-month damage by putting Sheamus through the report table. On 7 March, in the wake of losing a match against Daniel Bryan, Sheamus tested him to a rematch with his WWE vocation hanging in the balance against Bryan's United States Championship. He won his match against Bryan the next week, winning his initially United States title. The rematch amongst Sheamus and Bryan occurred on 3 April, amid the pre-show of WrestleMania XXVII, and finished in a draw after obstruction from the lumberjacks. The following night on Raw, Sheamus held the United States Championship against Bryan in a rematch. In the 2011 Supplemental Draft, Sheamus was drafted to the SmackDown mark, and made his SmackDown debut on 29 April, and assaulting Kofi Kingston. He conveyed the United States Championship to SmackDown, yet lost it back to the Raw brand at Extreme Rules when Kingston crushed him in a Tables match.

On the 3 June scene of SmackDown, Sheamus lost a World Heavyweight Championship match to Randy Orton because of one-sided refereeing from Christian. Two weeks after the fact, he lost a match to Christian, finishing his opportunity to contend in the World Heavyweight Championship match at Capitol Punishment. Sheamus turned face interestingly by beginning a brief quarrel with Mark Henry over Henry being a harasser, including a misfortune at SummerSlam, Sheamus went on a fourteen match winning streak that finished after obstruction from Christian, with whom he had been feuding. During this time, Sheamus crushed Christian in three successive matches at Hell in a Cell, Vengeance, and on SmackDown. He then went on a twelve match winning streak building towards winning the 2012 Royal Rumble. He entered the match twenty-second and won by last taking out Chris Jericho to procure a headliner title match at WrestleMania XXVIII.

On 19 February at Elimination Chamber, Sheamus assaulted World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan after the last held his title, demonstrating he would confront Bryan at WrestleMania. On 1 April at WrestleMania XXVIII, Sheamus crushed Bryan in a record eighteen seconds to win the World Heavyweight Championship. On the accompanying scene of SmackDown, Sheamus was vanquished by Alberto Del Rio in a non-title match by means of exclusion, in this way procuring Del Rio a future title match and starting a quarrel between the two. On 29 April at Extreme Rules, Sheamus effectively guarded the World Heavyweight Championship against Bryan in a two out of three falls match. Sheamus then came back to his competition with Del Rio while additionally beginning a fight with Chris Jericho and Randy Orton. The four-way contention finished in a match for the World Heavyweight Championship on 20 May at Over the Limit, where Sheamus stuck Jericho to retain. Del Rio earned another shot at Sheamus' title on the accompanying scene of SmackDown, yet endured a blackout a week prior to their match at No Way Out and was consequently supplanted by Dolph Ziggler; Sheamus held the title in their match. Sheamus went ahead to hold the title against Del Rio and Ziggler throughout the following couple of months, incorporating at the Money in the Bank, SummerSlam, and Night of Champions pay-per-views. On 28 October at Hell in a Cell, Sheamus lost the World Heavyweight Championship to Big Show, finishing his rule, which was the third longest in the title's history, at 210 days.

Sheamus confronted Show for the World Heavyweight Championship on 18 November at Survivor Series, where he vanquished Show through exclusion, neglecting to win the title. A while later, Sheamus over and over hit Show with a steel chair. This prompted a Chairs match on 16 December at TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs, where Sheamus again neglected to recapture the World Heavyweight Championship. On the 24 December scene of Raw, Sheamus crushed Show in a non-title logger match.

Different quarrels

On 27 January 2013, at the Royal Rumble, Sheamus entered the Royal Rumble at number eleven and disposed of five different contenders before being wiped out by Ryback. After being an incessant focus of The Shield, Sheamus picked up retribution on the steady when he joined with John Cena and Ryback to assault them. This finished in a six-man label group match at Elimination Chamber, where the Shield developed victorious. In late February, Sheamus adjusted himself to Randy Orton to fight with The Shield. Over the following weeks, Sheamus and Orton spared each other from assaults by The Shield and Big Show. On the 15 March scene of SmackDown, Sheamus and Orton were then permitted to pick a third accomplice to confront the Shield in a six-man label group match at WrestleMania 29 and picked Ryback. Three days after the fact on Raw, be that as it may, Ryback was reserved for another match at the occasion, leaving the spot open. Soon thereafter, Big Show spared the two from an assault by The Shield and was enrolled as their partner. On 7 April at WrestleMania 29, Sheamus, Orton and Show were vanquished by The Shield, after which both men were thumped out by Show. The next night on Raw, Sheamus and Orton went head to head in a match to procure a match with Big Show, be that as it may, the match finished in a no challenge after Show interfered. Sheamus and Orton then crushed Show in two impediment matches on SmackDown and Raw.

Soon thereafter, Sheamus re-entered a quarrel with Mark Henry after the two over and over assaulted each other backstage. Sheamus and Henry then tested each other in trial of quality, yet with Sheamus not able to best Henry, he depended on assaulting Henry. After Sheamus assaulted an analysis bound Henry amid a match, Henry whipped Sheamus with a belt, inciting a strap match on 19 May at Extreme Rules, where Sheamus developed victorious. Sheamus then started fighting with Damien Sandow, when Sandow facilitated a progression of mental difficulties on SmackDown, and Sheamus more than once hindered and attempted to comprehend the difficulties. In any case, when Sheamus neglected to settle the riddles, he rather turned to physical violence. On 16 June, amid the Payback pre-appear, Sheamus crushed Sandow in a singles match. The next night on Raw, Sheamus was vanquished by Sandow and Cody Rhodes in an impairment match after Sandow stuck him with a move up. The competition finished in a Dublin Street Fight on the 28 June scene of SmackDown, where Sheamus rose victorious. On 14 July at Money in the Bank, Sheamus contended in the WWE Championship Money in the Bank stepping stool match, however was unsuccessful as the match was won by Randy Orton. During the match, Sheamus endured a hematoma to his left side thigh subsequent to being tossed into a flat stepping stool, which kept him from contending that week. Sheamus came back to in-ring activity on the 22 July scene of Raw, losing to World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio in a non-title match. On 7 August, WWE affirmed Sheamus had endured a torn labrum in his shoulder that would require surgery, and was relied upon to miss somewhere around four and six months of ring action.

On 26 January 2014, at the Royal Rumble, Sheamus returned as an astonishment participant in the Royal Rumble match; he was killed by Roman Reigns in the last three. The next night on Raw, Sheamus, Daniel Bryan, and John Cena fit the bill for the Elimination Chamber match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship; he was disposed of by Christian in the match. This started a brief fight paving the way to WrestleMania, in which Sheamus reliably was successful. He was a piece of the last four in the André the Giant Memorial fight regal at WrestleMania XXX, before he and Alberto Del Rio dispensed with each other. On 14 April, Sheamus took part in the Intercontinental Championship number one contender competition, which was hung on Raw. He progressed to the following round by crushing Jack Swagger, before losing to Bad News Barrett in the semi-finals on 21 April.

On the 5 May scene of Raw, Sheamus won a 20-man fight regal to win the United States Championship for the second time, last taking out the past champion Dean Ambrose. Sheamus then started fighting with Cesaro and his director Paul Heyman, finishing in a match amongst Sheamus and Cesaro for the title at Payback, which Sheamus won. On 9 June, Sheamus crushed Bad News Barrett to meet all requirements for the Money in the Bank step match for the empty WWE World Heavyweight Championship; the match was won by John Cena. Sheamus was in the Intercontinental Championship fight regal at Battleground; the match was won by The Miz. At Night of Champions, Sheamus effectively shielded the title against Cesaro and held the title against The Miz at Hell in a Cell. He lost the title to Rusev on 3 November, in a match publicized solely on the WWE Network.

Tailing this, Sheamus was composed off TV when he and Big Show were assaulted by Rusev and Mark Henry, permitting Sheamus time off for surgery.

WWE World Heavyweight Champion

On the 30 March scene of Raw, Sheamus came back from harm, having radically changed his look, including a mohawk and interlaced whiskers, seeming to spare Daniel Bryan and Dolph Ziggler from an assault by Bad News Barrett, yet then assaulted Bryan and Ziggler rather, turning heel in the process surprisingly since 2011. Sheamus then clarified his heel turn and new state of mind by asserting that "the time of underdogs is over", bringing about a quarrel with Ziggler. On the 16 April scene of SmackDown, Sheamus declared that he would confront Ziggler in a Kiss Me Arse match at Extreme Rules, which he lost. However, Sheamus declined to take after the stipulation, and rather made Ziggler kiss his arse, regardless of losing. At Payback, Sheamus crushed Ziggler in a rematch. At Elimination Chamber, Sheamus partook in the Elimination Chamber match for the empty Intercontinental Championship, yet was unsuccessful as the match was won by Ryback. At Money in the Bank, Sheamus won the Money in the Bank stepping stool match to win a WWE World Heavyweight Championship contract. Sheamus then started a fight with Randy Orton, who was likewise part of the step match, with both men assaulting each other and going head to head in label group matches. Sheamus lost to Orton at Battleground, however vanquished Orton at SummerSlam.

At Survivor Series, Sheamus traded out his Money in the Bank contract and vanquished recently delegated champion Roman Reigns, after he declined to shake hands with Triple H, to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, therefore adjusting to Triple H and The Authority. On the November 30 scene of Raw, Sheamus declared that he had framed his own stable called The League of Nations with Alberto Del Rio, Rusev and King Barrett. This new steady, the individuals from which all have been conceived outside the U.S., remained connected with the Authority. Furthermore, he announced his title rule as "Sheamus 5:15", which is a play on Austin 3:16 and Reigns' fleeting residency as champion for five minutes and 15 seconds.

At the TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs pay-per-view, Sheamus crushed Reigns in a tables, steps, and seats match because of obstruction from The League of Nations. After the match, Reigns snapped and violently assaulted Sheamus and in addition Triple H. This brought about a rematch the next night on Raw for the title with the additional stipulation that Reigns would be let go if he lose. Regardless of impedance from executive Mr. McMahon, Sheamus lost the title, finishing his rule at 22 days. On the January 4, 2016 scene of Raw, he neglected to recover the title from Reigns with McMahon as exceptional visitor referee. On January 24, Sheamus entered the 2016 Royal Rumble at number 29, where he made to the last four, preceding being killed by Reigns. This misfortune would end his fight with Reigns.

At Fastlane, WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day started taunting The League of Nations, calling them the "group of goods". They then kept on taunting The League of Nations in different portions and productions while all the while quarreling with other teams. At Roadblock, Sheamus and Barrett tested for the WWE Tag Team Championship, yet were unsuccessful. The next night on Raw, The New Day vanquished Del Rio and Rusev, inciting each of the four individuals from The League to assault The New Day after the match. The League of Nations then tested The New Day to a match at WrestleMania 32, where they vanquished The New Day. After the match, they were defied and assaulted by Mick Foley, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and Shawn Michaels. On the April 4 scene of Raw, Barrett and Sheamus confronted The New Day in another label group title match, in a losing exertion. After the match, the League of Nations reprimanded Barrett for being the "powerless connection" and assaulted him, launching him from the gathering, before whatever is left of the group was assaulted by The Wyatt Family. The fight was suspended inside a month because of Bray Wyatt enduring a harm, which prompted Alberto Del Rio remarking that The League may isolate soon as a result.

On the April 28 scene of SmackDown, The League would contend in a six-man label match against Sami Zayn, Cesaro and Kalisto, in any case, Del Rio and Rusev exited amid the match. Sheamus, who might do likewise, defied Del Rio and Rusev amid a fight, and said that the class is done, affirming the end of the gathering. Del Rio would likewise affirm in a meeting that the gathering was finished.

Contention with Cesaro

On the May 2 scene of Raw every one of the three individuals from the previous stable contended in a Battle Royal to decide the #1 contender to the United States Championship. Rusev won the match, and disposed of both Sheamus and Del Rio. On the May 23 scene of Raw, Sami Zayn vanquished Sheamus to meet all requirements for the Money in the Bank stepping stool match at Money in the Bank. At Money in the Bank, subsequent to fighting with Apollo Crews in the weeks prompting the occasion, Sheamus would endure a pinfall misfortune to Crews.

On July 19, at the 2016 WWE draft, Sheamus was drafted to Raw. On the July 25 scene of Raw Sheamus was a piece of a lethal four path match to decide the main contender for the recently disclosed WWE Universal Championship, the match was later won by Roman Reigns. Sheamus would then start a contention with Cesaro, in the wake of losing to Cesaro on the August 1 scene of Raw the two would keep on brawling after the match with match authorities pulling them separated. On the August 8 scene of Raw, in the wake of losing to Cesaro in a rematch, he would later cost Cesaro the United States Championship subsequent to meddling in his headliner offhand match against Rusev. The next week, Raw General Manager Mick Foley booked Sheamus and Cesaro in a Best of Seven Series, with the main match occurring at SummerSlam, which Sheamus won. Sheamus would vanquish Cesaro in the second and third matches, however lost to Cesaro in the fourth and fifth matches.

Titles and achievements

Florida Championship Wrestling

FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Irish Whip Wrestling

IWW International Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

Expert Wrestling Illustrated

PWI positioned him 5 of the main 500 wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2012

Moving Stone

Intermediary of the Year (2015)

World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE

World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

WWE United States Championship (2 times)

WWE World Heavyweight Championship (3 times)1

Lord of the Ring (2010)

Cash in the Bank (2015)

Regal Rumble (2012)

Slammy Awards (4 times)

Breakout Star of the Year (2009)

Accomplishment of Strength of the Year (2012) Delivering "Repetitive sound" Big Show

Exceptional Achievement in Muppet Resemblance (2011)

Whiz/Diva Most in Need of Make-up (2010)

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Most Improved (2010)